Stampede Blue on Nelson vs Texans

[LJpalmbeacher2]

https://www.stampedeblue.com/2018/10/4/17935222/film-room-quenton-nelson-vs-houston-texans-pass-blocking

[horseshoecrabs]

Very good analogy of the rookie. I think it shows his potential, But if he is a student of the game and wants to keep progressing he will realize, that  even on his level coming into the NFL, that their is a leaning curve. Experience is the key for him to progress. 

[chad72]

Nelson's strength and stamina will only improve with time at the NFL level, IMO. Plus, Nelson as an OL does not come off the field for breathers like the DL do, so there is that. 

 

I'd have to think the Bengals, Redskins, Eagles, Texans all have stout DL that will test most OL, so as a rookie, he has held up better than I thought he would. One OK game and 3 good games is definitely something to build upon. 

 

The key is one OL is not going to win or lose a game for you, and to be fair, Clowney and Watt are different breeds of pass rushers, there are not many that are as good as they are.

[DougDew]

Agility and lateral movement is where he gets beat.  When he has the opportunity to get in front of his man like a big, strong, Bull Sea Lion stuck in the sand, he's wonderful.

[horseshoecrabs]

Hey, he's still young,  Clowny had his growing pains when he was a rookie. He was a big shot for S.C in college But, he had to learn over time to get better at the NFL level.

[Coffeedrinker]

I'm really starting to like these Stampede blue break downs and I'm not a huge Stampede blue fan.

 

But this piece does illustrate a point I've been trying to make on this forum for years and why olineman are so under appreciated.  here Nelson had a 90% success rate against the Texans and it's is worst performance to date and if you were to ask most fans they would say he got dominated by the Texans dline.  Now, his actual grade from the coaches will probably be a few points lower because they didn't really grade is run blocking but still 85-87% rate puts him in the "good" oline category.  Not bad for a rookie in his 4th game of his career, especially when you consider it probably was his worst performance.

[chad72]

10 minutes ago, DougDew said:

Agility and lateral movement is where he gets beat.  When he has the opportunity to get in front of his man like a big, strong, Bull Sea Lion stuck in the sand, he's wonderful.

 

He can handle agility but when it comes with power as well like it comes with Clowney, it can be a handful for any OL. We saw Clowney get by Tyron Smith a few times to Dak Prescott, so it happens to the best of OL, that is why I am not too worried over time.

[Coffeedrinker]

I can almost guarantee you will not see this happen to Nelson the next time Houston and the Colts meet.  He is still learning the difference between ND football and NFL football.  But he seems to be a good student of the game.

[PeterBowman]

The scary thing for the rest of the league is that he's only going to get better.......plus he's gone up against an absolute murderers row of opponents the first month of his career and he's more than held his own. Sure he's been beaten here and there, but he's also dominated too. I think you'll see him really take over the second half of the season and beyond.

[coltsfansince65]

This  ^^^^

[ClaytonColt]

It's actually a bit refreshing to see a balanced article about the play of our interior line. Too often we just see the awesome stuff highlighted and the negative plays glossed over which makes little sense.

 

With 2 of our last 3 top picks playing in that area it really does need to become a strength sooner rather than later both in pass protection but also in opening up consistent running lanes.

[SSFiero]

If I’m marlin Mack, I’d go give home some advice this week for n how to handle Clowney. 

https://goo.gl/images/sQ7MNb

 

I’m guessing he’s very aware of the play and will work to correct it. And getting AC back will help once they get used to passing off blocks in those situations.